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+8801819514870 (WhatsApp) Son of a freedom fighter; born in 1984, lives in Chittagong. Mohammad Shahnewaz Khan" is a Humanist Documentary Photographer, Curator, Educator, social activist, works as a freelance photojournalist. He is the Founder Director of the VOHH Photography Institute, VOHH Foundation and the VOHH FOTO FEST. Khan has
won more than 200 international awards in the field of photojournalism and Documentary photography; his photo series have been featured over 300 International journals, in print media and TV shows worldwide and has been exhibited around 80 countries; his long term projects have also been the subject of teaching, lectures and research in many Universities and Organizations in the US and Europe. After passed 'Higher Secondary School Certificate' in Science, he successfully Completed "Diploma In Photography", "Professional degree course" and also completed dozen of International Mentorship and Masterclass in the field of photojournalism and documentary photography, including; more than 200 workshops. He has been working as a freelance photojournalist since 2004 and freelancer for the "Washington Post" since 2018 and his name included in the talent network of 'Washington Post'. His International assignments experiences with the leading international editors, curators, news agencies and organizations in the world. like; 'Washington Post', 'CNN', 'Al Jazeera', 'Sputnik News', 'Alexia Foundation', 'Sunday Times', 'Publico', 'FotoEvidence Press', 'Eyes Open Magazine', 'Al Mayadeen TV', 'World Bank-IFC' and many National-International NGOs and Magazines. He is currently a professional Teacher at VOHH Photography Institute. He regularly teaches photography in Bangladesh and abroad. Having dreamed in his youth of becoming a writer, photography instead managed to became his muse and mode of expression. In his words:
"I always want to know about people, their life, their culture and their fight to survive. I believe photography is such a great option for telling the truth to change the world." Mohammad Shahnewaz Khan has won; more than 200 international awards in the field of photojournalism and Documentary Photography. Including: UNICEF Photo of the Year-HM, Ian Parry Scholarship-HM, Alexia Student Grant, International Photography Awards-IPA, Andrei Stenin Press Award (Twice), Life Press Photo Award (Twice), Siena International Photo Awards, Budapest International Foto Awards, Photoshare award (Twice), Al Mayadeen TV award, Environmental Photographer of the Year-Shortlisted, Felix-schoeller-photoaward-Shortlisted, Lucie Foundation Emerging Scholarship, Future Voices Jury Winner by The Wall Street Journal, M A BEG TROPHY, International Photographer of the Year Award-HM, Professional shortlisted at Sony World Photography Awards, The Daily Star Award (Twice), China International Photographic Art Exhibition-CIPAE Award (Twice), L.A. Photo Curator-Global Photography Awards, Nominated: World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass, UNICEF POY, Magnum EF Grant, The British Journal of Photography etc. His works, photo series, story and project, have been published and featured over 300 International journals in print media and TV shows worldwide, Including; Washington Post, CNN, Sunday Times, Amnesty International, UNICEF, Guardian, National Geography, Al Jazeera, FotoEvidence, The British Journal of Photography, L'Oeil de la Photographie, TIME, Público, Cortona On The Move, Museo de la Cárcova, EyesOpen, Russia Today, Al MayadeenTV, EBS, Fair Observer, UN, Photojournalism Now, Smithsonian Magazine, Photojournale, TheAppwhisperer, WHAT Magazine, The Quiet American, ViewFind, Resource Magazine, Diggit Magazine, t-online.de, PHmuseum, Phosmag Magazine, Lensculture, Lucie Foundation, Daily Star, Daily Sun, L.A. Photo Curator, Dhaka Tribune, Prothom Alo, The Business Standard, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), GMX Magazine, FAZ.NET, Elobolygonk.hu, Mp.weixin.qq, 5 Media, Ian Parry Scholarship. His works exhibited around 80 countries, over 500 times. Including: Somerset House in London, House of Lords in London, Royal Geographical Society in London, UN HQ in New York, National University-Ostrog Academy in Ukraine, City Center in Frankfurt, Norma - Aeroporto di Catania in Italy, Lumiere brothers center of photography in Moscow, Just another photo festival in India, UNICEF Germany, Sony Square NYC, Addis Foto Fest in Ethiopia, Bursa PhotoFest in Turkey, International Festival of Photography PHOTOVISA, Luz Austral Foundation, Pingyao China: Pip Festival, Beijing World Art Museum, Museo de la Carcova-Argentina, De la Luz, PARIS PHOTO VIA ALIX, AFRICAN ART FAIR, International Center of Photography (ICP), EyeTime, Monovisions, BANGKOK POST, CHINA DAILY, JULA Festival, China Yixian International Photo Festival, L.A. Photo Curator, Kana Studio etc. His assignment experiences includes: 'World Bank-IFC' , 'Washington Post', 'CNN', 'Al Jazeera', 'Sputnik News', 'Alexia Foundation', 'Sunday Times', 'Al Mayadeen TV', 'Publico', 'FotoEvidence Press', 'Eyes Open Magazine', Rossiya Segodnya, and many National-International NGOs and Magazines. He has interviewed; at CNN, Sputnik, P3, EBS-Korea Educational Broadcasting System, Kaler Kantho, EBS, Al Mayadeen TV, Maasranga Television, ATN News etc. He was invited to take Portfolio Review at Addis Foto Fest in Africa and Bursa Photo Fest in Turkey. His long term projects have also been the subject of teaching, lectures and research in many Universities and Organizations in The US and Europe, like: Johns Hopkins University, East Carolina University, Duke University, University of Washington, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of Roehampton, JohnsHopkins School of Public Health, World Health Organization, University of Michigan, The Heller School, Brandeis University, Educational Broadcasting System (EBS) - South Korea, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine , University of Michigan, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, University of Notre Dame, Population Council - New York, CARE (International Humanitarian Agency) - Geneva, International Executive Resources Group-IERG Etc. In the year 2016 he established; "VOHH Photography Institute", which is the first institute in Chittagong based Photojournalism and Documentary photography and in the year 2018 he established "VOHH FOTO FEST", which is the first International photography festival in the history of Chittagong. (www.vohh.org). He has photographed 15 countries around the world and covered "Rohingya Issue", "African People", Ethnic Cleansing inside in Myanmar, Nepal Hydropower Project, Climate Change Issue, Child Labour Issue, Old Age People of Bangladesh, Ladakh's Geological and Environmental Research Report, Rural People and Tribes Life in Bangladesh, Life in Moscow etc.
links of his works:
Washington Post:
https://wapo.st/2VjVj7E
FotoEvidence Press:
https://fotoevidence.com/fotowitness-story/the-rohingya-refugee-crisis-in-rakhine-state,-myanmar-by-md-shahnewaz-khan
UNICEF:
https://www.unicef.de/mohammad-shahnewaz-khan/206608
CNN:
https://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/28/world/cnnphotos-child-workers-bangladesh/index.html
Lucie Foundation:
https://www.luciefoundation.org/md-shahnewaz-khan-fallen-stars/
Sputnik:
https://sputnikimages.com/search/?query=Shahnewaz+Khan
http://sputnikimages.com/story/list_559762/?fbclid=IwAR1OSq02Rk3GQ6vOoMoPVF8sGkcpvsaK99kjARhTM37t9z2QnEqqIZOXtXM
L'oeil de la photographie:
https://loeildelaphotographie.com/fr/mohammad-shahnewaz-khan-la-vie-dans-la-cage/
The Business Standard:
https://tbsnews.net/feature/focus/life-cage-128128
World Bank-IFC:
https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/news_ext_content/ifc_external_corporate_site/news+and+events/news/insights/nepal-hydro
Al Mayadeen TV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvziYSJD05M
The Quiet American:
http://www.thequietamerican.org/md-shahnewaz-khan-fallen-stars
Mohammad Shahnewaz Khan
Documentary Photographer
Curator and Educator
Freelancer for the Washington Post
Founder Director of
VOHH Photography Institute
VOHH FOTO FEST
Website: https://www.vohh.org/
Email: [email protected]
Cell: +880 1819 514 870
